sediment-small solid pieces of materials that come from living things or rocks deposition-the process by which sediment settle out of the water or wind carrying it compaction-the process that presses sediments together into layers cementation-the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles toghether organic rock-rock in which plants and animals are deposited in thick layers
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Sedimentary Rocks
From sediment to rock
Erosion
Many forces break up rock into small fragments
Deposition
Sometimes sediments mays pile up
This forms sedimentary rock
Compaction
After time, sediments may pile up
This presses it into sedidimentary rock
Cementation
sediment slowly dissolve in water
The particles seep into other sediments
this slowly glue and crystalize sediments together
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5.3 Sedimentary rocks
Vocabulary
sediment-small solid pieces of materials that come from living things or rocks
deposition-the process by which sediment settle out of the water or wind carrying it
compaction-the process that presses sediments together into layers
cementation-the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles toghether
organic rock-rock in which plants and animals are deposited in thick layers
Outline
Sedimentary Rocks